Beiträge

'Preparing for jump to hyperspace, Commander'. On the last weekend in July the Messe Essen event hall in Germany was converted into a star destroyer from Star Wars. It transported its passengers to a galaxy far far away where imperial stormtroopers, rebel pilots, bounty hunters, sith and jedi roam. The word from a different EU ('extended universe')

After managing Budapest’s new theatre for thirteen years, Istvan Marta cleared his desk to make space for György Dörner, a supporter of the extreme-right wing jobbik party, on 1 February. Citing the example of a play currently being produced by German director Schiller, the 59-year-old outgoing director fears that his theatre could become a stage for extremism